Donor Alignment Around National Plans in Vietnam

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Donor Alignment Around National Plans in Vietnam

• Dr. Cao Viet Sinh
• Vice Minister, MPI, Vietnam

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Content

• Introduction Overview CPRGS process
• CPRGS, Planning Reform, and Donor Alignment
• Critical factors for success of government-donor
  cooperation

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Overview of CPRGS Process

• Government-led process
• - Localizing PRSP into CPRGS
• Broad-based consultation with stakeholders
• Community consultations
• Partnership working groups
• Workshops
• Setting priorities based on consultations with
  stakeholders

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CPRGS, Planning Reform and Donor Alignment

• Some main objectives of Planning reform
• Adopting CPRGS Principles
• Improve aid effectiveness
• Activities in Integrating CPRGS into SEDP
• CPRGS Roll-out
• Sectoral Support and Partnership working groups
  (MARD, MOET, MOLISA)
• Poverty Analysis (WTO Accession, Updates, VLSS
  etc)
• ME

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CPRGS, Planning Reform and Donor Alignment
(contd)

• SEDP Preparation
• - several consultation workshops with
  stakeholders including NGOs, INGOs
• - Grass root consultation with communities
• - More evidence-based approach (including
  carrying out studies to assess current situation,
  one supported by DFID)
• - Very active participation of donors in the
  formulation of sectoral goals and policies (MARD,
  MOLISA, MOET)
• - Introduction of Policy matrix in SEDP (Whole
  country, MARD, MOET, some piloted provinces)
• - ME

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Critical factor for Success

• Strong Government ownership
• Proactiveness in socio-economic reform and
  improved governance
• Good Coordination mechanism (Inter-ministerial
  working group)
• Effective ways to address donors concerns
• - Regular dialogues between government and donors
• - Active participation of donors, especially in
  partnership groups
• - Consultation Workshops
• - Donor-supported activities (Roll-out, ME etc.)
  
• Experimental approach (CPRGS Roll-out, Piloting
  MTEF)

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Implementation of Hanoi Core Statement

• Hanoi Core Statement (HCS) on Aid Effectiveness
• - Localize Paris Declaration
• Make aid more effective to achieve VDGs (2010)
  and MDGs (2015)
• Include indicators for government ownership,
  donor alignment, strengthening capacity with
  donors support, use of governments procedures
• Lessons learnt from Budget Support in Vietnam
• Activities Education For All, PRSC, P135
  (proposed), Forestry (proposed), Rural Drinking
  Water, Targeted Budget Support to Community
  Development (eg. Chia Se)
• Effectiveness as compared with Project Approach
  
• Further reform planning process to implement HCS

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Thank You